To Azinhaga

Sept 7, 2016 Azinhaga, 23km

Since we were leaving at 7am, Maria made us a picnic basket for breakfast. Such a nice lady. We made our way to the outskirts of town and descended with the Portas do Sol fortress at our back. Today's trek had two sections. The first half following the vineyards. The path was dusty most of the time but got to enjoy some of the fruit, and then decided to take the road to Azinhaga for the second half of the trek. The temperature was cooler today, down from 40+C to low 30s. I never thought I would ever think that 30C was cool!  After 6hours of trekking we finally arrived to Azinhaga. There's not much in this town, a few bars and one restaurant. So it was a blessing to find nice accommodations. We were the first to arrive and Helena gave us the master bedroom, which was spacious. Wifi mainly available in the common area, where there was a TV and bar on the honour system. Normally, Helena would do the cooking, and according to the reviews is a a fabulous cook, but today she had business affairs and therefore we had to fend for ourselves.

HAVEST SEASON - grapes, corn, sunflowers, tomatoes, peppers and melons.